Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-11
MORNING NEWSRECElVES
PEOPLE SEE HOW a BIG NEWS
PAPER is PRINTED.

ing Press at Work-Lsdies Admire the
Great NJ sChino - The Inc tndescent
LiRht-I"spt citing the psrtments-
A View OF the City from the News
Building at Night.
The MORNING NEWS kept open house
last night, and from 5 o'clock until after
10 the building from the basement to the
sixth floor was thronged with visitors
1t was the first general reception that the
MORNING NEWS has held since It's new
building was completed. In the I'M
derground press rooms where the pom
derOus Hoe Press was turning out the
WEEKLY News at the rate OF $4,000
an hour, in the stereotyping rooms and in
the electric lighting room the crowd was
greatest.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The entire building was Illuminated
with the incaHde>Cent electric light, and
all the departments were at work. The
counting room and business offices
on the first floor were crowded
with visitors early in the evening. The
lithCeraph priatiug department on the
second floor, the editorial rooms on the
third floor, the job composing ana press
rooms on the fourth floor, the oooS
bindery on the fifth floor, and the news
paper composing room six floors above
the street were visited later on. BY
O'Clock the entire building was thronged
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
The busiest person in the whole estab-
lishment was the elevator boy. For three
hours he carried people up and down the
tall building, and wondered if they were
ever going to stop.
A large part Ut the visitors were ladies.
When the announcement was made that
the building would be open TO the puollc
last night the proprietor did not tor the
once imagine that the crowd would be so
large.
IN THE PRESS ROOM,
II was after O'Clock when the last plate
for tina big l6.page weekly left the stereo-
typer's hands. In less than a minute 1t
was clamped to the cylinders ofthe press.
The pressman threw back the lever, the
huge machinery began to revOive and the
printed sheets, one after another, sped
over the cylinders, along the tapes and
down into the folder, The room was
crowded. Almost before anyone thought
that the first paper was printed the press
boys were carrying away armiuis ana
piling them up by the mailing tables.
"wELL, L DECLARE"
"Wel, l declare! WHAT will there be
neXty' said an astonished visitor who was
standing in front of the press when it
started and saw the great rolls of paper
unwind themselves as they fed into the
huge iron jaws ana come out faster than
he could count, printed and folded sheets.
There were probably not dozen people
present who had ever sen pertecting
press. The MORNING NEWS press was
built by the celebrates firm of Il. Hoe n
Co. for the MORNING NEWS, and was the
first press prin ing from stereotype plates
ever brought south of Philadelphia. The
old-time presSman-not one so far back IN
the past as the days of the hand-press, but
one of later days-wOuld not recognize as
a familiar place the pressrO0m OF to-day,
The immense printing machines, almost
endowed with human Intelligence, are In
ventiOns of late years.
The MORNING NEWS press room for the
newspaper, there being three press rooms
in the establishment, Is in the basement.
IL occupies a space so by go feet. Next
to 1t is the stere' tipping department.
THE sTEREoTYPING ROOM.
The forms of type as they come from
the com posing room in the sixth story
are here stereotyped and the plates pre-
pared for tie press. The plates are re-
produced in solid metal from forms of
type. The matriX for casting is made BY
the papier mache process-thaJ ls by
D acing on the lace Of the type several
thicknesses IF paper pasted together.
This material is beaten over rapidly with
broad brush until it is forced into the
face OF the type, making fac smile Of
IT,. The ''torm' is then put under press
and pressed. Steam is next applied
under the press, and the paper mould
dried and hardened into q complete
matrix. Near by is the casting box, into
the concave side Of which the matrix is
placed.
THE FURNACE.
The box is placed in proper position
and the metal, which IL in a state OF fu-
sion Ia the pot on the furnace, IS poured
carefully into the mold. la a few Sec
onds the plate is taken out. 1t is, how
ever, in rough state. The plate is then
put in a machine and beveled on the
edges. aud atterward gone over rapidly
by the workmen, who cbisel out the large
blanks. It is then put in machine,
which quickly planes off the back, re-
ducing the plate to the necessary thick
ness. 1t takes abOuJten minutes TO make
plate, or eighty minutes to make the
eight plates required for the regular daily
issues Of the MORNING NEWS.
THE HOE PRESS.
After the plates are delivered to the
pres man the press is ready 10 start IN
one minute. Tue nerfecting press with
the steam machine for wetting the rolls
OF paper all newspaper has TO be wet In
order to make it PRINT well), occupies
One-half of the basement, which Is ovid
ed from the other part by a heavy brick
wal. There are three doors, with iron
shutters, which are the only means of ac-
cess TO the room. The ceiling is of brick
and iron, thus making the room tre-pr0oi.
The press is the latest invention OF
Messrs. Il. Hoe & Co., andis WHAT'S known
as perfecung press--lhat is, it VIII
s'ieed" or supply Itself with paper, print
the paper on both sides, cut 1T to the
proper size, paste ard fold, count and de-
liver 1t. ready for tAe malls or carriers.
The rolls OF paper, after being dampened,
are placed in position in the rear OF the
prc6s. and the emf Of the sheet Is so adj
iusttd that it Will be taken h0id OF by the
machinery. A. signal the belt is pulled
on and ;he machine starts. IL is almost i'm
possible To conceive the rapldity with
which paper IS printed.
MANY QUESTIONS ASKED.
The ladies we're equally "a much inter-
ested in everything as the gentlemen.
They asked about this and that and what
il was Tor and what did IL do, and many
OF them went home thinking they knew
good deal more about making a news
paper tnan they ever did before. "Pm so
glad went. | never thought there was 81
much TO be seen" ayOung lady was over
heard 10 remark Justas she was leavin=
the building.